Franciscae Meae Laudes (praises Of My Francesca) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BBB CCC DCC BBB BBB BBB CCC EEE BBB FFF FFF B CCC BEG DHD BDC EFI HDB CJF EKD DCB BCI BLB I F I FFF CCC DDD DDD III DDD CCC KKK CCC FFF BBB M B CCC BBB NOM MMM EEE III MMM EEE MMM MMM EEE FA | |
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Novis te cantabo chordis | B |
O novelletum quod ludis | B |
In solitudine cordis | B |
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Esto sertis implicata | C |
femina delicata | C |
Per quam solvuntur peccata | C |
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Sicut beneficum Lethe | D |
Hauriam oscula de te | C |
Quae imbuta es magnete | C |
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Quum vitiorum tempegtas | B |
Turbabat omnes semitas | B |
Apparuisti Deitas | B |
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Velut stella salutaris | B |
In naufragiis amaris | B |
Suspendam cor tuis aris | B |
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Piscina plena virtutis | B |
Fons tern juventutis | B |
Labris vocem redde mutis | B |
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Quod erat spurcum cremasti | C |
Quod rudius exaequasti | C |
Quod debile confirmasti | C |
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In fame mea taberna | E |
In nocte mea lucerna | E |
Recte me semper guberna | E |
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Adde nunc vires viribus | B |
Dulce balneum suavibus | B |
Unguentatum odoribus | B |
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Meos circa lumbos mica | F |
O castitatis lorica | F |
Aqua tincta seraphica | F |
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Patera gemmis corusca | F |
Panis salsus mollis esca | F |
Divinum vinum Francisca | F |
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In Praise of My Frances | B |
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I'll sing to you on a new note | C |
O young hind that gambols gaily | C |
In the solitude of my heart | C |
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Be adorned with wreaths of flowers | B |
O delightful woman | E |
By whom our sins are washed away | G |
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As from a benign Lethe | D |
I shall drink kisses from you | H |
Who were given a magnet's strength | D |
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When a tempest of vices | B |
Was sweeping down on every path | D |
You appeared O divinity | C |
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Like the star of salvation | E |
Above a disastrous shipwreck | F |
I shall place my heart on your altar | I |
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Reservoir full of virtue | H |
Fountain of eternal youth | D |
Restore the voice to my mute lips | B |
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You have burned that which was filthy | C |
Made smooth that which was rough | J |
Strengthened that which was weak | F |
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In my hunger you are the inn | E |
In the darkness my lamp | K |
Lead me always on virtue's path | D |
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Add your strength now to my strength | D |
Sweet bath scented | C |
With pleasant perfumes | B |
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Shine forth from my loins | B |
O cuirass of chastity | C |
That was dipped in seraphic water | I |
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Cup glittering with precious stones | B |
Bread seasoned with salt delectable dish | L |
Heavenly wine My Frances | B |
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Translated by William Aggeler | I |
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Praises of My Francesca | F |
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Verses to a learned and devout Milliner | I |
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Upon new chords of you I sing | F |
And the new born bud you bring | F |
From solitude the pure heart's Spring | F |
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Your brows should be with garlands twined | C |
Woman of delightful mind | C |
Who our trespasses unbind | C |
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As the wondrous balm of Lethe | D |
Through thy kisses I will breathe thee | D |
All are magnetised who see thee | D |
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When my vices wild and stormy | D |
From my wonted courses bore me | D |
It was You appeared before me | D |
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Star of Oceans you that alter | I |
Courses when the pilots falter | I |
Take my heart upon your altar | I |
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Cistern full of virtuous ruth | D |
Fountain of eternal youth | D |
Give to dumbness speech and truth | D |
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What was dirty you cremated | C |
What uneven you equated | C |
What was weak you re created | C |
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Inn on the hungry roads I tramp | K |
And in the dark a guiding lamp | K |
To steer the lost one back to camp | K |
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To my strength add strength O sweet | C |
Bath where scents and unguents meet | C |
Anoint me for some peerless feat | C |
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Holy water most seraphic | F |
On the lusts in which I traffic | F |
Flash your chastity ecstatic | F |
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Bowl of gems where radiance dances | B |
Salt that the holy bread enhances | B |
And sacred wine your name is Frances | B |
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Translated by Roy Campbell | M |
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Francescae Meae Laudes | B |
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I shall sing new chords O hind | C |
As you gambol unconfined | C |
Through my solitary mind | C |
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Rest adorned with wreaths of flowers | B |
Comely woman whose vast powers | B |
Wash away these sins of ours | B |
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As from Lethe's stream I shall | N |
Drink your kisses one and all | O |
Magnet like and magical | M |
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When our vices stormily | M |
Swept down every path with glee | M |
You approved O Deity | M |
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Like the bright star of salvation | E |
Amid shipwreck's desolation | E |
Take my heart in rapt oblation | E |
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Source of every good and store | I |
Of eternal youth restore | I |
Song to my mute lips once more | I |
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What was foul you calcinated | M |
What was rough you Ievigated | M |
What was weak you stimulated | M |
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In my hunger you the inn | E |
In my dark the lamp and in | E |
Your pale hands an end to sin | E |
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Add your strength to mine new sent | M |
Sweet bath ever redolent | M |
Of the suaver perfumes blent | M |
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From my loins gleam radiantly | M |
O cuirass of chastity | M |
Steeped in balm seraphically | M |
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Cup with precious gems ashine | E |
Savory bread celestial wine | E |
Blessed food Francesca mine | E |
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Translated by Jacques LeClercq | F |
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